| Plagiopholis | |
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| Plagiopholis styani | |
Scientific classification
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Chordata |
| Class: | Reptilia |
| Order: | Squamata |
| Suborder: | Serpentes |
| Family: | Colubridae |
| Subfamily: | Pseudoxenodontinae |
| Genus: |
Plagiopholis Boulenger, 1893 |
Plagiopholis is a genus of snakes in the family Colubridae. [1] [2] The genus is native to Asia.
General Facts
The species of the genus Plagiopholis are found in Southeast Asia, China and Taiwan. [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] The snakes of this genus are mountainous species that can be found in grasses and bushes. They feed primarily on earthworms, frogs, and arthropods ( Zhao 2006). All species are oviparous, meaning they use internal fertilization to lay eggs. [8] The genus Plagiopholis can be distinguished from the other genus in the subfamily Pseudoxenodontinae ( Pseudoxenodon) by their lower midbody scale count, entire anal plate, and smaller size ( O'Shea 2018).
List of species
- Plagiopholis blakewayi Boulenger, 1893 [4] – Blakeway's mountain snake
- Plagiopholis delacouri Angel, 1929 [5]
- Plagiopholis nuchalis (Boulenger, 1893) [6] – Assam mountain snake
- Plagiopholis styani (Boulenger, 1899) [7] – Chinese mountain snake
Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Plagiopholis.
Etymology
The specific name, blakewayi, is in honor of a Lieutenant Blakeway who resigned from the British army and collected reptiles in what is now Myanmar. [9]
The specific name, delacouri, is in honor of French-born American ornithologist Jean Théodore Delacour. [9]
Original publication
- Boulenger GA (1893). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume I., Containing the Families ... Colubridæ Aglyphæ, part. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers). xiii + 448 pp. + Plates I-XXVIII. (Plagiopholis, new genus, p. 301).( [1]).
References
- ^ "Plagiopholis ". uBIO. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Plagiopholis ". Animal Diversity Web. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Wallach, Van; Williams, Kenneth L.; Boundy, Jeff. (2014). Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species. Boca Raton, Florida: CRC Press. pp. 562–563 (of 1, 237 pp.). ISBN 9781482208474.
- ^ a b "Plagiopholis blakewayi ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Plagiopholis delacouri ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Plagiopholis nuchalis ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ a b "Plagiopholis styani ". The Reptile Database. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ Genus Plagiopholis at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.
- ^ a b Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Plagiopholis blakewayi, p. 26; P. delacouri, p. 68).
Further reading
- Zhong GH, De Chen W, Liu Q, Zhu F, Peng P, Guo P (2015). "Valid or not? Yunnan mountain snake Plagiopholis unipostocularis (Serpentes: Colubridae: Pseudoxenodontinae)". Zootaxa 4020 (2): 390-396.
- O'Shea M (2018). The Book of Snakes: A life-size guide to six hundred species from around the world. University of Chicago Press.
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